The zodiacal light - The zodiacal light - The zodiacal light during astronomical dusk rises...

The zodiacal light - The zodiacal light - The zodiacal light during astronomical dusk rises above the western horizon at the time of the spring equinox. It extends to the Pleiades. It comes from the reflection of the Sun's light on the countless interplanetary dust and draws the plane of the Solar System. Gers - France, 18/03/2009. The faint cone of light extending from the horizon along the ecliptic is known as zodiacal light. It comes from the reflexion of the sun's light off tiny interplanetary dust particles in the plane of the solar system. One can see it here from the bottom right of the image to beyond the Pleiades cluster near the center of the image. Gers, France. March 18, 2009